Cameron Monaghan (Cameron Monaghan) - a promising young actor, originally from the United States. He began his career in art very early, since childhood, being sure that his vocation was film and television. Dizzying success brought the actor roles in the series "Shameless" and "Gotham."
Biography
Cameron Riley Monaghan was born in California, in the city of Santa Monica, but most of his childhood and adolescence passed in Florida. Date of birth - August 16, 1993. According to the zodiac sign Cameron Leo, according to the eastern horoscope - Rooster. His mother, Diana Monaghan, has Irish-Polish roots that influenced the boy's appearance. Cameron never knew his father; he was brought up in an incomplete family. Mother, spending a lot of time at work, still tried to pay attention to her beloved son.
Despite the fact that the family lived quite poorly, Cameron received a good education. He studied at the school for gifted children, went in for sports (football), graduated from a drama school and studied music. Cameron Monaghan learned to play keyboards without outside help. He also owns a harmonica and a guitar, knows how to handle ukuleles and play percussion instruments. However, despite such musical activity, Cameron's heart from childhood belonged to the cinema and theater. The artist says that he even learned to read by watching films with subtitles.
From childhood, Cameron's mother supported her son’s desire for creativity. It was she who helped Monaghan get to the TV screens initially. When the boy was five years old, Diana took several high-quality photographs and sent them to various agencies. Soon - in 1998 - Cameron appeared on the cover of a popular magazine. In 2000, when Cameron turned seven years old, he first starred in a promotional video. From that moment began his successful path in the film industry.
The rapid development of an acting career
In 2002, Cameron Monaghan went to Los Angeles to take samples for one of the roles in the film "Family Affair." Unfortunately, the casting failed the young actor. However, in the same 2002, he was involved in the filming of the film "Stone of Desires", which, however, did not appear on the screens. Cameron's full-fledged film debut happened in 2003 in the TV movie "The Musical Man." After this, the novice artist began to actively attend various castings and star in the supporting roles, gaining the necessary experience.
In 2004, Cameron made contact with the studio, which was filming a new television series - "Malcolm in the spotlight." In this project, Cameron starred in six episodes.
Since 2005, Cameron Monaghan took part in projects such as "The Mentalist", "Edge", "Think Like a Criminal" and some other series.
In 2006, a young, but already quite famous actor began his full-fledged path in a big movie. His first successful film was the movie "Click: With the remote control for life."
The real success for Cameron brought the role in the series "Shameless", in the castes of which he entered in 2010. He later starred in The Vampire Academy (2014), Amityville Horror: Awakening (2017), and joined the cast of the Gotham series (since 2015).
In 2018, Cameron starred in the series "Everyday Love." In the same year he was enrolled in the caste of the movie "Anna, dressed in blood."
Awards and nominations
For his role in the TV series "Malcolm in the Spotlight, " the young charismatic artist received an award in the category "Best Young Supporting Actor" from the Young Artist Foundation.
The personal life of the actor
Not much is known about Cameron Monaghan's personal relationship. Surely we can only say that now the actor is not married and has no children. Because of his role in the series Shameless, rumors once circulated that Cameron was a gay woman. However, the actor quickly dispelled these rumors and denied.
In 2012, Cameron had a brief affair with the young actress Liana Liberato.
In 2013, he met with model Sadie Newman. These relations did not become long and strong. The couple broke up in 2015.
After breaking up with Sadie, Cameron Monaghan announced his romantic relationship with Ruby Modine, whom he met on the site of the series Shameless.